Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4609

State of Kuwait · Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Dismissal depriving the worker of the end-of-service gratuity. Its condition. That he commit a fault causing serious loss to the employer, or breach or fall short in any obligation imposed upon him by the terms of the contract and the law. Serious loss alone is insufficient. It must be attributable to the worker's fault and connected to it by a causal link.
Arabic original
الفصل الذي يحرم العامل من مكافأة نهاية الخدمة. شرطه. أن يرتكب خطأ تسبب في خسارة جسيمة لصاحب العمل أو إخلاله أو تقصيره في أي من الإلتزامات المفروضة عليه بنصوص العقد والقانون. لا يكفي مجرد الخسارة الجسيمة. وجوب رجوعها لخطأ العامل وارتباطها معه برابطة السببية.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٦/٨٦ عمالي جلسة ٢٤/١١/١٩٨٦ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثالث ص ٣٥٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 890. PDF pages: 890.

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